The Olympic Games are the largest and the most prestigious sporting event in the world, which is organized every four years.
The XXII Olympic Winter Games and the XI Paralympic Games 2014 will be held in Sochi. This will be the first time that the Russian Federation will host the Winter Olympics.
To get a right to host the Games is a high honor and great responsibility. Sochi won the right to host the Games at the 119th IOC Session in Guatemala City in 2007. Candidate cities who competed against the Black Sea resort for the right to host the Winter Games were Pyeongchang (South Korea), Salzburg (Austria), Almaty (Kazakhstan), Borjomi (Georgia), Sofia (Bulgaria), and Jaca (Spain).
The Olympic Games will be held from February 7 – 23, 2014. The Paralympic Games will be held from March 7 – 16, 2014.
The souvenir sheet depicts the official logo of the XXII Olympic Winter Games against the background of snow-covered slopes of Krasnaya Polyana and stylized torch with ribbons, painted in Olympic colors.
№ |
Размер |
Описание |
Тираж |
Цена чистых |
1464 |
42х30 |
эмблема XXII Олимпийских зимних игр на фоне заснеженных склонов гор Красной Поляны, а также стилизованный факел с лентами, окрашенными в олимпийские цвета многоцветная |
120000 |
25.00 |